I thought at first she was gonna turn out to be Luke's daughter and blah blah blah.

But the basic them is familiar.
It's in Kung Fu movies. Two friends or brothers return to a burning village destroyed by the Manchus, find grandpa dying, swear revenge, but he says they must first go to the Shaolin Temple and find Kung Fu Master Monk, Mr Chen, who will teach to fight the good fight to the death,,,
Jason Stathom movies, Clint Eastwood, Mad Max, all them have the reluctant hero to the rescue,,,

It's the eternal good vs evil tale, so the elements are always familiar.

Something like Lucas consulted Joseph Cambell on the hero's journey theme oft utilzed in mythology. So it was more deliberately in depth in that aspect than just basic framework. Plus wanting to capture the feel of those swashbuckler movies of Hollywood's golden years and all that flavored the artistry of it all.

I haven't watched any Disney movies since I was a kid, so I don't remember much anything.

I hope I'm not coming across as too picky here, but I see that as two different things. Just because Tardar Sauce is female doesn't mean Grumpy Cat has to be female. The character and the animal portraying the character are different.

Other examples: nobody says the character of Peter Pan was a girl when Mary Martin played him on Broadway, and nobody says Bart Simpson is a girl because his character is voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

So the way I see it is that Grumpy Cat can be whatever is needed for the memes, or whatever the character calls for. I usually refer to him as male.

Yeah, I wasn't saying Grumpy Cat has to be male necessarily. I was just pointing out how the character and the one portraying the character aren't the same thing. Just because Tardar Sauce is female, it doesn't tell us Grumpy Cat's gender one way or the other.

I don't know whether College Liberal is a guy or not, because I don't know if the male photo is actually the same person or just someone who looks similar.

Hmm. It's kind of an in-joke with myself maybe (a.k.a. a failed joke).

It was 10 Guy trying to do a spin-off of the "What if soy milk is just regular milk trying to introduce itself in Spanish?" meme, referencing the Tartan kilts Scottish people wear (Tardar sounds a little bit like Tartan). :)